A healthy lunch box full of fresh food gives your child energy to play, concentrate and learn all day.

What you put in your child’s lunch box impacts on their behaviour throughout the day. How much you put in your child’s lunch box depends on your child’s appetite and the length of your child’s day. Children who are at school for 6 hours a day need to bring plenty of healthy food for morning tea and lunch.  Pack a bottle with tap water for your child to drink and refill. We are a water only school so please don't send fruit juice or fizzy drink to school. Not only are these drinks high in sugar they also cause tooth decay.

Packing a lunch box from home means you can offer your child a range of healthy lunch options from the 5 food groups:

• vegetables
• fruit
• grain foods – for example, bread, pasta, breakfast cereals, rice and corn
• reduced-fat dairy – for example, milk, cheese and yoghurt
• protein foods – for example, lean meat like chicken, fish including canned tuna and salmon, eggs, tofu, nuts and legumes like peas, beans, lentils and chickpeas.

If there’s no other choice, your child is more likely to eat the healthy food you’ve packed. Please whenever you can avoid packing too many sweet treats like cakes and biscuits, as well as high-salt or high-fat treats like packets of chips.

Please use reusable containers or wraps to minimise waste.